Project Spotlight - Boeing Plant, Charleston, SC

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Photo courtesy of “Carolina Joe” Idleman, www.carolinajoe.com.

The structural steel for Boeing’s new South Carolina final assembly facility in Charleston topped out last Friday, September 24. Graham, N.C.-based Buckner Steel is the steel erector.

With a footprint of 1.2 million sq. ft, the facility will accommodate two of the firm’s new 787 Dreamliners side by side. About 15,000 tons of structural steel has gone into this phase of the project, which broke ground less than a year ago in November 2009. The first piece of structural steel was placed on April 5.

To see a 3-minute video of the topping out ceremony from the local television station, click here.